Jaylen Reed

Position:
Wide Receiver
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-7
Weight:
160
Hometown:
East St. Louis, Ill.
High School:
Senior
Prev School:
Western Illinois

2023 (JUNIOR)

Played in 12 games
Returned 8 punts for 59 yards (7.4 ave)
Had a season-long 40 yard punt return at Western Illinois

At Western Illinois (2021-22)

Played in 12 career games ... Recorded 22 career carries fro 74 yards, plus 8 catches for 64 yards and a touchdown ... Had his best game versus Northern Iowa in 2022, when he rushed 7 times for 36 yards and added 2 catches for 52 yards, including a 47-yard TD catch

HIGH SCHOOL

Four-year varsity starter... won the 6A state championship as a junior... scored six touchdowns as a senior.

PERSONAL

Born Oct. 8, 2002... Comes from an athletic family: mother played softball and basketball at Illinois College and MacMurray College, cousin, EJ Jones, played football at Illinois State, uncle Edmund Jones played football at Central State and has coached at multiple Division I colleges, including Western Illinois.